Synonyms of clerk

clerk

noun

1

as in registrar

an official whose job is to keep records

you'll need to get a copy of your birth certificate from the office of the town clerk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• registrar
• secretary
• register
• reporter
• recorder
• archivist
• bookkeeper
• scribe
• historian
• chronicler
• transcriptionist
• annalist
• documenter

2

as in salesman

a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store

the clerk suggested a different brand

Synonyms & Similar Words

• salesman
• salesclerk
• salesperson
• saleswoman
• salespeople
• salesgirl
• saleslady
• shopgirl
• floorwalker
• pitchwoman
• pitchman

3

as in priest

a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church

the clerks in the rural parishes were for the most part sons of merchants

Synonyms & Similar Words

• priest
• preacher
• clerical
• minister
• clergyman
• deacon
• bishop
• pastor
• cleric
• reverend
• father
• chaplain
• clergyperson
• dominie
• ecclesiastic
• prelate
• divine
• archbishop
• priestess
• pope
• monk
• rector
• dean
• missionary
• churchman
• abbot
• vicar
• deaconess
• parson
• padre
• curé
• diocesan
• presbyter
• abbé
• evangelist
• shepherd
• sky pilot
• Holy Joe
• missioner
• confessor
• friar
• curate
• clergywoman
• monsignor
• archpriest
• mendicant
• religious
• revivalist
• high priestess
• high priest
• monastic
• missionizer
• oblate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• layman
• layperson
• secular
• lay reader
• lector